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meaghanelizabook's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
4.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Fatphobia, Misogyny, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Child death, Rape, and Mass/school shootings
theebster's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
sad
slow-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Rape
Moderate: Mass/school shootings
Minor: Pregnancy
savvyrosereads's review against another edition
emotional
reflective
fast-paced
4.0
I didn’t connect with this collection quite as much as the last two Baer collections I read, probably because the focus felt more on motherhood and being a wife, and I am neither. That said, still a great little book of poetry that I really enjoyed!
Content Warnings
Graphic: Fatphobia, Misogyny, Sexism, and Pregnancy
alisonfaith426's review against another edition
3.5
Content Warnings
Graphic: Body shaming, Misogyny, Sexism, Sexual content, Toxic relationship, and Pregnancy
amissabellator's review against another edition
challenging
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
medium-paced
5.0
Content Warnings
Graphic: Child death, Misogyny, Sexual assault, Grief, and Pregnancy
Moderate: Gun violence, Hate crime, and Mass/school shootings
Minor: Miscarriage, Violence, and Kidnapping
While told often through metaphor, there is much insight into pregnancy, motherhood, and fear surrounding child death. There are also brief, metaphorical descriptions of childbirth. It is highly implied that children die in the story (heavenh's review against another edition
dark
emotional
hopeful
reflective
sad
fast-paced
4.0
The poems were really well written, but I had trouble relating to the author's voice.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Pregnancy
Minor: Sexual assault
Contains a lot of poetry about motherhood.